Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IA · GEOID 190032024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Adams County, Iowa
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.1 min one way; 10.0% worked from home, 77.1% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.1 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.1%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Adams County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Adams County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 1,636 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Adams County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Adams County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 1,636 workers age 16+, including 1,473 workers with reported travel time and 163 home workers.
Population estimate3,622± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,636± 101 MOE
Workers with travel time1,473± 104 MOE
Estimated home workers163± 52 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All Iowa reports →Comparable Iowa commute records for Adams County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.